With just a couple of days before Christmas and on the first night of Hanukkah the poets gathered at Valentines for the eighth installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. The […]
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I don’t usually “allow” guitar players at my poetry open mic, having in the past been too often the ugly-stepchild-of-poetry at music open mics, but tonight I had to make an exception because the unique poetry-performance duo Murrow was the featured performer.
Third Thursday Poetry Night, December 15 Read More »
Our cozy host, Don Levy, welcomed a tidy audience for the monthly open mic on the 2nd Wednesday — and it really was, even if the third Thursday was the next day, ah the shifting calendar.But first the featured poet, Barbara Ungar, read, not from her…
Live from the Living Room, December 14 Read More »
After a miserable drive up on the Northway (heavy rain & traffic), at least there was a nice dinner with “the ladies” at Ravenous, then on to the open mic, for a respectable crowd in spite of the weather.
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Judge & Score Keepers Adding it UpAs the most documented reading in Albany (or elsewhere) my comments are a bit superfluous, but then no one else has my opinions (or cares about them for that matter). Plus I got there late.Poetyc Vyzonz was just c…
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as we often do. & as usual on the Last Monday at McGeary’s Mary Panza was the whip-cracking host. Before the featured poet, we dove into the open mic, a sea of poets tonight.I started it off with an old poem, “Belle du Jour,” that mentions Ted Ad…
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On September 6, 2011 Albany Poets, Urban Guerilla Theatre, and the Frequency North Reading Series teamed up for the first Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentines. The show started with an
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We have been going through the archives here at Albany Poets HQ and came across this great CD, Volume: A Compilation of Poets, Live, from 1995 that was produced by
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This was one of the last Albany Poets Presents open mics at Valentines before handing everything over to make room for the Nitty Gritty Slam. The open mic featured poetry
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Poetyc Vyzonz was the featured poet at the August 2011 edition of Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s. During his set he called up a few of the other poets in
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Urban Guerilla Theatre and Albany Poets are getting together tonight to bring you a special MoHu edition of UGT at The Linda (339 Central Ave., Albany). This month UGT is
UGT, AP, MoHu at The Linda Tonight Read More »
Urban Guerilla Theatre and Albany Poets are combining forces to bring poetry and spoken word to the MoHu Fest on Friday, October 14 at The Linda for a very special
UGT and Albany Poets Together for MoHu Fest Event Read More »
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